The relative roles of sorption and biodegradation in the removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in GAC-sand biofilters

Engineering & Materials Science

• Biofilters 100%
• Biodegradation 85%
• Activated carbon 74%
• Sorption 73%
• Impurities 59%
• Sand 54%
• Anthracite 13%
• Adsorption 9%
• Herbicides 8%
• Hydraulics 7%
• Organic carbon 7%
• Potable water 6%
• Water treatment 6%
• Rate constants 6%
• Water supply 6%
• Phosphates 5%
• Wastewater 5%
• Regression analysis 5%
• Throughput 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Biodegradation 64%
• Fluoxetine 57%
• Sorption 43%
• Tris(2-Chloroethyl) Phosphate 36%
• Gemfibrozil 32%
• Metolachlor 32%
• Atenolol 28%
• Sulfamethoxazole 27%
• Carbamazepine 25%
• Atrazine 25%
• Drinking Water 21%
• Adsorption 20%
• Reduction 18%
• Wastewater 16%
• Rate Constant 13%
• Volume 11%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• activated carbon 56%
• biodegradation 52%
• sorption 49%
• sand 37%
• pollutant 36%
• removal 32%
• anthracite 12%
• rate 8%
• metolachlor 7%
• adsorption 6%
• hydraulics 6%
• atrazine 5%
• water treatment 4%
• regression analysis 4%
• water supply 4%
• phosphate 3%
• drinking water 3%
• filter 3%
• wastewater 3%
• parameter 1%